Mitt is born again on abstinence
Mitt Romney, who some dare call a flip-flopper, offers yet another version of the ever-changing Mittideology.The Boston Globe's politcal blog reports that Mitt's most recent zig came when responding to questions in Minnesota about his view on sex education policy following news that GOP veep candidate Sarah Palin's teenage daughter is preggers.
Mitt now says abstinence only should be part of a comprehensive sex education curriculum.
I would not propose that people don't get any sex education but abstinence.
When Mitt entered the Republican presidential primary in 2006, he proclaimed that he would funnel a federal education grant — which Massachusetts had been using to promote abstinence as a component of a comprehensive sex education program — into school programs that taught abstinence only.
The "Healthy Futures" program, later abandoned by Mitt's successor Gov. Deval Patrick, taught that premarital sex is harmful and that abstinence is the only way to prevent pregnancy.
3 Comments:
Premarital sex harmful?
Oh wait, look at Bristol Palin.
Oh and then there is the extremely high rate of STD's among young black women under the age of 18.
No, you are right Glen, to suggest Mitt is crazy to suggest that premarital sex is harmful.
How dare he use that out-dated value of 'common sense' to help with a societal problem.
"I would not propose that people don't get any sex education but abstinence."
What a wonderful double-negative. Who is he trying to fool?
It's tiring to read about flip flopping. Every politician in history has had to "flip flop" on something over their career.
Someone who never compromises in their public policies and always stands 100% behind personal beliefs is an unelectable politician or maybe a minister.
If you can't get elected, you can do no good in public service.
An electable politician out of necessity must be open to altering his or her opinion on public policies at times.
It's true of democrats. republicans, libertarians and anyone who runs for office. People who expect lifelong, unchanging resolution from politicians on every topic are either fooling themselves, or just looking for fodder against their opponents.
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